MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 44.64,-102.53 Latitude: 44.64 Longitude: -102.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 61 1 950 520 SFC 917 838 30.4 14.9 39 15.6 19.8 318 13 311.2 313.5 296.0 347.1 11.69 3 900 1001 27.2 13.5 43 13.8 18.0 318 15 309.6 311.6 295.0 342.6 10.84 4 850 1503 22.2 12.3 54 9.8 15.7 317 16 309.4 311.4 294.7 341.8 10.66 5 800 2025 18.9 -3.9 21 22.8 7.3 306 17 311.3 312.0 289.6 322.7 3.59 6 750 2575 15.8 -2.2 29 18.0 6.3 278 19 313.7 314.6 291.0 327.5 4.34 7 700 3156 11.4 -5.6 30 17.0 3.1 258 24 315.1 315.8 290.7 326.7 3.60 8 650 3768 6.6 -12.6 24 19.2 -1.4 260 33 316.4 316.9 289.9 323.8 2.23 9 600 4418 1.6 -14.0 30 15.6 -4.6 253 37 317.9 318.3 290.3 325.1 2.16 10 550 5112 -3.7 -18.8 30 15.1 -8.8 243 40 319.7 320.0 290.3 325.1 1.58 11 500 5856 -9.5 -23.5 31 14.0 -13.5 245 43 321.5 321.7 290.4 325.4 1.15 12 450 6660 -15.2 -33.3 20 18.1 -18.9 253 39 324.1 324.2 290.6 325.9 0.51 13 400 7538 -21.3 -37.6 22 16.3 -23.9 255 38 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.7 0.38 14 350 8509 -28.5 -40.1 32 11.6 -30.0 256 39 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.6 0.33 15 300 9593 -37.0 -47.9 32 10.8 -37.8 260 36 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.17 16 250 10830 -46.0 -59.2 21 13.1 -46.5 262 27 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.05 17 200 12277 -55.9 -62.9 41 7.0 -56.0 263 30 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.04 18 150 14108 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 254 32 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.7 0.00 19 100 16669 -59.0 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 182 21 413.6 413.6 307.0 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.62 m Freezing level: 585.23 mb = 4623.18 m = 15167.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.37 mb = 3575.33 m = 11729.94 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.52 % Est. max temperature: 32.08 C = 89.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.21 mb = 2788.82 m = 9149.55 ft T: 14.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 24.37 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.01 mb = 3667.21 m = 12031.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.30 C = 95.53 F Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lifted Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.77 C Showalter Index: -3.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.66 C Cross Totals Index: 21.84 C K Index: 27.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 659.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 224.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.44 mb = 2937.19 m = 9636.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 583.44 mb = 4641.44 m = 15227.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.44 mb = 11274.58 m = 36989.63 ft B at Equ Level: 655.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.44 mb = 13561.98 m = 44494.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.9 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 288.9 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 4.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.5 neg: -8.5 tot: 42.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 7.53 Bulk Shear: 87.58 m/s